Deadly Victorian Food

Season: 3 Episode: 34

When Queen Victoria took the throne in 1837, politics, religion, and family life were reformed throughout her 63-year reign. And as the times changed, so did the food that was placed on the table.

Discover some of the weirder foods they ate as well as some of the ways unscrupulous merchants would try and make more money, with deadly consequences.

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SOURCES

The Victorian Scene: 1837-1901. Nicolas Bentley. London: Spring Books, 1971, p. 100.

Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain. Anthony S Wohl. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1983.

Western Daily Press – Monday 19 December 1859

Inverness Courier – Thursday 05 January 1860

Jack the Ripper Tour

Macclesfield Museums

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Intro music by The Model Folk 

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